Volu 3, Chapter 4 - A Knight's Sincerity
Part 1
By the ti all of them finished conquering the gigantic parfait, it was already evening.
Kamito, who had returned from Academy Town, turned up at the central auditorium as he had promised Ellis.
Upon waiting a little while, Ellis ca running from afar and was out of breath.
"...S-Sorry, I kept you waiting."
"No, I didn't wait that long."
Kamito made a bitter smile at Ellis, who was gasping out of breath.
"Hey, Ellis, you were at the Academy Town just now, weren't you?"
"Y-You saw !?"
Ellis' ponytail sprung up.
"Ahh, I just happened to see you from the restaurant's window. Was it the Knights' security?"
"No, err... I-I was shopping for various things."
Ahem, Ellis coughed and her face reddened for so reason.
A question mark ca to Kamito's mind but... well, that was fine.
"For the ti being, if we're going to study, are we going to the library or sothing?"
"Ah, no... not the library."
Ellis shook her head in a fluster.
"Hn, not the library? Then, are we going to an empty classroom sowh—"
"...I-It's a room."
"Huh?"
Kamito reflexively did not believe his ears.
"A room..."
"I-I an, err... I-I want you to teach in my room!"
Ellis shouted with her face turning bright red.
"..."
"I-Is that a no?"
"No, hey wait, for a boy like to enter a girl's room..."
"A-A girl..."
In an instant, Ellis made a face like she lost her head over sothing—
"Ho-However, aren't you staying with Claire Rouge and the others in a room together?"
"No, well... that was the way things turned out."
Kamito scratched the back of his head as he answered.
"O-Or, you don't want to co to the room of a straight-laced girl like —"
"N-No, there's no such thing!"
Kamito shook his head in a fluster because Ellis looked a little hurt.
"W-Well then—"
"...Ahh, I got it. I got it. Allow to enter."
Even as Kamito still did not comprehend anything, he nodded with a bit of desperation.
Part 2
Just like that— Kamito was brought along to the Weasel Class' dormitory.
Being the exact opposite of the Raven Class that gathered superior problem children, Weasel Class was a class of diligent honor students.
Ellis' room was, up the stairs, on the second floor of the building.
Ellis coughed in front of the door.
"This is my room. O-Of course, this is the first ti a boy is entering it."
"...If you say it like that, I'm getting sowhat tense."
Ellis opened the room's door and muttered an incantation in the spirit language.
In that mont, the ceiling's spirit crystal glowed and the inside of the dim room was brightly illuminated.
The interior design was not so different from Claire's room. However, Ellis' room had been neatly arranged.
"You have tidied up nicely. That's just like the capable Ellis."
"Ahh, that's because if I don't tidy up, my overly-serious roommate will get angry."
"A roommate more overly-serious than Ellis?..."
It was discourteous to Ellis, but he couldn't imagine it a bit.
"Where is this roommate now?"
"She is away for a few weeks because of a quest from the Academy. If that person was now at this place— you probably wouldn't be able to leave here alive."
While saying sothing dangerous, Ellis laid out a cushion on the floor for him.
"Make yourself at ho. I'll prepare the tea and snacks now."
"Ahh, sorry."
Ellis imdiately boiled hot water, and took out hot black tea and snacks.
Despite being an high-class young lady of a great noble family, she was very capable in such areas. Since the Fahrengart family was of a military parentage, she might have received strict training from when she was young.
"This is delicious. Ellis, did you make it?"
"Y-You can say that. It's sowhat my hobby."
Ellis was acting bashfully, like she was a bit embarrassed.
It was a sponge cake sprinkled with black tea powder on the surface. It had a simple taste since its sweetness was mild.
He had known that cooking was her strong point, but it was surprising that she could make such a delicate thing.
"Relax for a while. I'll go make preparations now."
"Hn, what preparations?"
When Kamito inquired— Ellis drew out her sword at her waist.
With a weird voice filled with intensity,
"It's preparations."
"I-I got it..."
With the sword kept thrust out at the back of his neck, Kamito nodded.
When Ellis disappeared into the next room and Kamito beca alone, he sighed a little.
(...What on earth was that?)
As he sipped the black tea that Ellis made, he looked around the interior of the room.
There were neatly folded uniforms and pajamas on top of the bed.
There were lovely teddy-bear and rabbit plushies lined up beside them.
(Surprisingly, she has girlish preferences...)
While thinking about such things, he moved his line of sight, then—
Incidentally, his eyes stopped on top of the writing desk.
A spirit crystal objet d'art, which emitted a faint glow, had been placed near the desk.
(That's—)
Kamito got close, and took it into his hand.
Inside the transparent spirit crystal, various phantoms surfaced and disappeared—
"A spirit crystal that seals mories, huh?..."
It was an article that could confine the scene in one's mory by putting divine power into it.
The appearance of the sa girl had been repeatedly surfacing many tis within the spirit crystal.
Her glamorous hair was fluttering and she was holding a jet-black demon sword— the appearance of a very young girl.
"...Eh, isn't that from three years ago?!"
Kamito reflexively shouted.
Yes, the one who was being reflected in there was without a doubt—
The appearance of the strongest Blade Dancer Ren Ashbell.
(That reminds , she had said that she admired Ren Ashbell...)
As he made a heavy sigh, he put back the mory-sealing spirit crystal onto the desk.
If Kamito did not make sure that at least his true identity was absolutely not exposed to her—
He would end up destroying a pure girl's dream, which he couldn't bring himself to do.
(...Hn?)
Suddenly, Kamito noticed that the appearance of a girl other than Ren Ashbell was being projected inside the spirit crystal.
She had radiant shiny blonde hair. She was a beautiful girl, who had an ice-like cold look.
The one who was standing bashfully beside the girl was probably Ellis when she was young—
(I have a recollection of this girl sowhere...)
Kamito had his doubts— at that mont.
"...I-I kept you waiting."
He heard Ellis' voice that seed like it'll vanish anyti from behind.
"Ellis?"
Kamito turned around—
"..."
His mouth dropped opened.
There was a maid.
"...?"
After Kamito rubbed his eyes, he opened his eyes once more.
...Yes, there was certainly a maid.
She had a tidy dark blue maid uniform matched with a white apron, and a lovely long skirt with frills.
And then, she had a headdress, which was slightly placed on her head.
It was Ellis in complete maid attire.
"Y-You, what on earth..."
Kamito gulped down his saliva, and—
"I-I'm now your exclusive-use maid from now....I-Is that alright?"
Ellis, whose face turned bright red, held the hem of her long skirt and bowed.
Beneath her turned-over skirt, he slightly got a quick look at a black garter belt.
"Wh—"
Kamito was startled and covered his eyes with both hands in a fluster.
"D-Don't look so much... It's embarrassing."
Ellis' face increasingly reddened, and she rubbed her knees together bashfully.
As she wasn't wearing her armor, her quivering large breasts were being highlighted more than usual.
Kamito was at a lost for words—
Ellis whispered with a seemingly uneasy expression.
"A-As I thought, these kind of clothes... don't suit ?"
"No...err, that's not it."
Kamito said as he averted his eyes.
...Or rather, she was cute. Staggeringly cute.
No, even the usual Ellis was certainly cute but—
He didn't think that Ellis putting on a maid uniform would be so charming.
However, beyond that, Kamito was more bewildered.
"...W-Why a maid uniform?"
"Th-This is an act of sincerity from ..."
"Sincerity?"
Kamito asked in return to Ellis, who had muttered seemingly embarrassed.
The maid uniform was an act of sincerity... He didn't understand the aning.
Ellis folded her arms and glared directly at Kamito with her reddish brown pupils.
"I-It's about the quest the other day. As the representative of the Sylphid Knights, I had been thinking that I had to thank you for helping that ti....Th-This is only as the representative of the Sylphid Knights!"
"No, I had said that I don't need things like thanks. It's natural to help my comrades."
Kamito said that—
"In that case, I won't be able to settle down. Wh-What should I do to be able to offer my thanks... I had been troubled this entire week."
"...Why is it that the outco is a maid uniform?"
"Umm, upon consulting my team-mates Rakka and Reishia, they told that it's best that I put on this attire to show my sincerity to you. After all, you're a maniac, who would be excited by such an appearance. I-In the beginning, I also had a problem with it, but devoting my whole body and soul to offer my thanks to the person I'm indebted to is the household precept of my Fahrengart family."
"Why those two, teaching you worthless things..."
Kamito's face twitched....In short, Ellis had been tricked by those two.
"Ellis, don't misunderstand. I'm not a maniac who's attracted to maid uniforms."
Kamito tried to resolve the strange misunderstanding, but—
"...Wh-What? That ans—"
It seed like Ellis interpreted that in a different aning.
"...To do it, do you an that?"
"Huh?"
"Y-You an for to put on an even sexier attire, right?!"
"What are you saying!"
"Kuu, you damn licentious king...!"
"The usage-rights for licentious king is already acquired by the townspeople!?"
"I'll absolutely not give in to such an insolent request!"
Ellis drew out her sword from her waist and quickly thrust it before the back of Kamito's neck.
It seed like she didn't lose her skills as a knight even though she beca a maid....That was obvious.
"I-I got it, it really suits you, maid uniforms are the best, maid uniforms hurray!"
"...Hmm, That's enough."
As Ellis thrust the tip of her sword before the back of Kamito's neck—
"Co on, Kamito, you can instruct to do anything you want!"
"You're a pretty proud maid... Well then, Ellis, what can you do?"
"My specialty is thrusting a spear."
"What kind of maid are you...?"
"I can also use a sword, but my expertise is using a spear."
Ellis proudly puffed her chest out.
"Don't you have anything other than dangerous skills?"
"Cooking is in its own way a specialty."
"Ahh, I see. Well, can I make a request?"
"Of course. What would you like?"
"Let's see... I also have dinner later, so I would like sothing light and hold-able."
"I got it. Honestly, I was thinking of what to do if you said body sushi[1] but—"
"...Why you."
Kamito groaned with a deadpan look—
Suddenly, he tried asking a thought that ca to his mind.
"By the way, does this an you'll do it if I request it?"
"Y-You insolent person!"
At that mont, the hidden sword, which Ellis let loose, pruned off Kamito's forelocks.
"...H-How's the taste? Master."
Just like that—
It ended up with Ellis preparing food for Kamito.
As expected of having been trained for the sake of the gentleman she will be married to in the future, from the cooking to the arrangent of food, her skills were very good....She was the kind of person whose example he wanted a certain hell cat young lady to follow.
Nevertheless—
"...I beg you. Spare that way of calling ."
Kamito groaned with a deadpan look.
"Um, even so, those two had said that this is the official way of calling you."
"No, because you have been fooled, you know?"
Kamito grumbled as he chewed on a cheese cutlet of one mouth-size.
It had a crunchy batter that used the first-class wheat flour. The highest grade cheese, which was placed between the at, was delicious as it lted on top of his tongue.
"...Delicious. Normally delicious."
"Mm, it's normal?..."
Ellis pouted her lips, seemingly frustrated.
"I'm praising you. It's difficult to make normal things normally delicious."
"I-Is that so...!"
Ellis blushed with her chest tightening.
"Ellis would beco a good bride."
"...! Wh-What are you saying!"
*Bishuu!*
She thrust out a fork stuck with a cheese cutlet before Kamito.
"Wh-What are you doing all of a sudden!"
"Hmm, it's because you said sothing strange!"
Ellis sternly glared at Kamito.
And then—
"...O-Open your mouth."
"Huh?"
Kamito asked back—
*Bishuu, bishuu!*
The godspeed thrusting was unleashed once again.
"Owa!?"
"Don't avoid it! I'm trying to feed you—"
"Trying to feed ... What's with that!?"
"I heard that that's the duty of a maid. Co on, quickly... say 'Ahh'!"
Ellis thrust out the godspeed fork before him.
She had said that thrusting was her specialty, as expected, even for Kamito, it took all his might to dodge.
...Eh, what kind of training was this?!
"It's dangerous, you almost poked my eyes!"
"Hmm, it's because you're escaping. Don't escape!"
—*Hamuu*.
Finally, the fork was pushed into his mouth.
*Mogumogumogu*.
"H-How is it?"
"...Delicious."
Kamito said his honest thoughts—
"Al-Alright, one more mouthful..."
This ti she gently moved the fork into his mouth.
*Hamuu*.
"Ho-How is it this ti?"
"...Ahh, delicious."
Upon nodding once again, Ellis lightly giggled, seemingly delighted.
(...Hmm. This is, as expected, a little embarrassing.)
Part 3
By the ti that he finished eating Ellis' cooking, it had already turned completely dark outside.
It was about ti he had to make dinner for Claire and the others, who were waiting at the dormitory.
When he inford Ellis about that matter...she made a slightly disappointed face.
After helping Ellis tidy up the tableware, he and Ellis, who changed into her uniform, went outside the dormitory.
The mont Ellis took off her maid uniform, she suddenly seed to be embarrassed by her recent actions, so as she walked on the path shone by the moonlight, she hung her head down the whole ti.
...Naturally, just like her, Kamito was also embarrassed.
"I apologize for overstaying. Your cooking was delicious."
"Yes, I'm glad that I could properly express my gratitude to you. Because today is probably the last chance I can invite you to my room."
"What do you an?"
"It's about the roommate I talked about just now. She'll be finishing her quest and returning very soon."
"Is your roommate that scary?"
Upon saying that, Ellis' expression slightly darkened.
"Velsaria Eva Fahrengart— She's my older stepsister, by two-years. She's also the forr captain of the Sylphid Knights."
"Velsaria..."
Kamito was startled. That na was, if he wasn't mistaken, what Claire was talking—
"The academy's strongest elentalist... is actually your sister, Ellis!?"
"Yes, it's not like we're blood related. She was once also expected to beco a future NumbersTwelve Knight Commander candidate, but— after she was defeated by that Ren Ashbell in the first match at the Blade Dance three years ago, that story had also disappeared."
"...!?"
"What's the matter? Do you know about my sister?"
"...N-No, it's nothing."
Kamito shook his head in a fluster.
(...I see, no wonder I had recalled hearing that na before.)
—He rembered. She was the opponent of the first match of the Blade Dance three years ago.
She was a girl with a beautiful face of ice and beautiful blonde hair.
"...My sister is like the person who embodied the image of the knight that I try to idealize."
Ellis exhaled a white breath as she muttered.
"However, now that person—"
Muttering like in a monologue— Ellis stopped her steps there.
They had arrived before the gate of the Raven Class dormitory.
Kamito looked up, and the window of Claire's room had light.
"Ellis, thank you for today. Well then, see you tomorrow."
"Ah-Ahh, wait—"
Kamito waved his hand and walked off towards the dormitory.
At that mont, when he walked for a little while on the path leading to the building of the dormitory.
"...Ka-Kamito!"
Ellis called Kamito to a halt from behind.
It wasn't her usual frigid voice. It was the voice like an urgent scream.
"...Ellis?"
Kamito turned around—
"Ah..."
Ellis widened her eyes and was surprised.
Why did she show that expression— even she didn't understand why she called out to him.
"What's the matter?"
"No, err..."
"Um?"
Kamito beca concerned and approached—
"...!"
Ellis —as though she had made a resolution of sothing important— took in a deep breath.
"Th-The truth is I have a favor to ask you, but..."
"A favor?"
Kamito frowned and asked back.
What ca to his mind was— the incident before he received the quest on the Mine Town two weeks ago.
Ellis was trying to scout Kamito into her team.
Kamito, who had already assembled a team with Claire, plainly rejected her, but now that her two comrades beca unable to participate in the opposition battles, she might try to scout him once again.
While Kamito scratched his head as he was troubled, he shook his head.
"Ellis, sorry, but I can't join your..."
"Th-That's not it!"
Ellis' face reddened as she shouted...It seed that he had jumped to a wrong conclusion.
"Then..."
"Kamito, err... do you feel like joining the Sylphid Knights?"
"The Knights?"
Kamito spontaneously asked back at those unexpected words.
The Sylphid Knights— An elite student organization that guarded the public order and morals of the academy.
(For to join it... What on earth does this an?)
Ellis gazed at Kamito awkwardly.
"Err...it's just until my comrades co back, I would want you to assist the Knights."
Kamito recalled the things he talked with Ellis during this morning's supplentary lecture.
As a result of the attack incident the other day, including Ellis' two teammates, seven knights were forced to withdraw from the Sylphid Knights. The Sylphid Knights, which had lost a third of its mbers, was now in a state that it was not functioning normally.
Indeed, as an acquaintance and besides as soone whose ability as an elentalist she also understood, Kamito could understand the reason she wanted to scout him.
"Of course, I won't say it's for free. As a mber of the Knights, you'll be paid a proper salary."
"...Why ? If you set up recruitnt, won't there be girls applying?"
"We are having a recruitnt, but there are practically no applicants. We had gathered people during the period the freshn ca in, but— even so, more than half had resigned imdiately."
"Is that so..."
It seed that the work of the Sylphid Knights was sothing greater than they had imagined. On top of the dangers, and on top of the so-called work of guarding the academy's public morals, there might also be cases where they were being looked at with hostility from the other academy students.
"Furthermore, due to the attack incident the other day, the trust in the Knights has been greatly falling. Although we got all the casualties out, in the end, we couldn't capture the assailant."
Ellis bit her lips seemingly vexed.
"I applied for the quest of arresting Jio Inzagi with the plan of overturning such assessnt towards the Knights but— the result was that sorry plight. If you all didn't help at that ti, we would have certainly been annihilated."
Her reddish brown pupils beca wet and were slightly quivering.
Without a doubt, Ellis was enduring the voices of criticism aid at the Knights all this ti.
Surely, she was enduring it just by herself without anyone she could ask for advice.
As that was the duty of the captain, and she was condemning herself.
(...I see. She's insecure. She surely can't help but be frightened as she's insecure.)
It was the responsibility and heavy pressure that ca with the position as the captain.
There should be voices of doubts being raised at her, an elentary student, serving as the captain.
She conducted herself strictly for the sake of guarding the order of the academy and might have even made enemies.
She had also been holding back those voices by displaying her ability so far.
However, that trust was swaying now.
Besides, her teammates and comrades who had always kept supporting her.
Rakka and Reishia were also not present now.
(...She is also a girl, who's yet to be sixteen.)
Being covered by her knights shoulder plate was the girl's slender shoulders.
How much of a heavy pressure was she carrying on those shoulders of hers—
"...The truth is I'm afraid."
Ellis looked downwards as she said that.
"Have I been able to do the right thing as a knight? Am I misusing the authority of the Knights and rely repressing the ones whom I should protect, with power?"
Her blue ponytail hair was swaying in the gentle breeze.
It was almost like it was revealing Ellis' heart.
"I want help" —She didn't say that.
That was surely her last strand of pride.
Kamito—
"...I got it. It's just be until those two co back, right?"
"I-Is that alright?...Really?"
Ellis opened her reddish brown eyes.
"Ahh."
Kamito firmly nodded once again.
Honestly, he didn't think that he'd be cut out for things like the Knights that guarded the public morals. Besides, if he considered about the Blade Dance coming in a few weeks, he shouldn't have the room to be using his ti for such things.
However, upon seeing Ellis reduced to a state where she was going to be crushed at any ti—
He wanted to assist this sincere but clumsy girl knight even a little.
"...Y-You have my thanks. Kazehaya Kamito."
Ellis bowed down with an expression like she's going to cry at any mont.
Kamito made a bitter smile at Ellis, who was conscientious even at such a ti.
"Ahh, that's right. I have a favor to ask of you."
"What is it?"
"Err, about the remuneration you ntion just now, is it possible for sothing like an advance?"
Part 4
Parting with Ellis, Kamito returned to the room—
Claire was wearing a cute apron and was standing in the kitchen just like in the morning.
There was a sweet yet slightly burned sll. He heard the sound of sothing simring.
Quietly concealing his footsteps, Kamito approached Claire's back.
"Hn, are you making chocolate again?"
"Fuaa, Ka-Kamito!?"
*Pyon*, her red twintailed hair sprung up.
"Id-Idiot, don't startle ! I'll turn you into cinders!"
Claire's face turned bright red, and *pishi* *pishi* she swung her whip. Kamito avoided it in a fluster.
"...Good grief, where did you go? Your supplentary lecture should have been long over, right?"
"What? Are you already hungry?"
"Th-That's not the problem, you are my slave spirit, so without your master's permission, you can't totter around as you please!"
"...Am I a dog?"
Kamito breathed a sigh of disappointnt.
"I went over to Ellis' place, and it resulted in being treated to a little al."
*Pishi*— Claire was petrified.
"...What...was that?"
"Ahh, it seems to be an expression of gratitude for helping her the other day. What a conscientious person."
As expected, he hid the matter about the maid uniform for the sake of Ellis' honor—
"I-I see, you were treated...really?"
Claire's face twitched.
"I also helped and yet... she only invited Kamito."
"Didn't you receive a box of cakes from the Knights? An assorted box of macaroons. If I'm not mistaken, you ate all of it by yourself."
"Th-That was certainly delicious... Eh, that's not the problem, what do you an by you went over to Ellis' place? D-Don't tell , you went up to her room?"
"Yeah, Ellis' room is properly tidied up. You should also follow her example—"
"I-I can't believe you...!"
Claire's slender shoulders trembled.
She tightly bit her cherry-colored lips, tears were slightly appearing on her ruby pupils.
"...Claire?"
"Y-You've been successfully seduced by things like Ellis' breasts and were degraded to being the Knights' dog, right?"
"No, what breasts....? Well, although, I was invited to join the Knights."
"—Huh?"
This ti— Claire completely beca stiff.
"Wh-What's that...? What do you an?"
"Hn, currently, the Knights seem to be shorthanded of people. I was asked to assist them."
"O-Of course, you rejected her, right? You rejected her...right?"
Claire tightly grabbed Kamito's arm, and was gazing at him with a serious expression.
As Kamito scratched his head—
"No, I decided to assist them. I also have various obligations to Ellis."
"...!?"
While Claire kept hold of Kamito's arm, she was taken aback and widened her eyes.
The truth was that he had another reason to accept it but—
It was embarrassing to tell Claire that now.
"I apologize for deciding without your permission, but it's not particularly a problem, right?"
"There's no way it isn't, you know that I'm on bad terms with the Knights, right!"
"That's because you cause problems—"
Then, Kamito noticed.
Claire's fingertips that were grabbing his arm were trembling bit by bit.
"...I see, you're on Ellis' side again."
Claire calmly muttered.
"No, it's not whether I'm on her side or not—"
"...You said so, and yet."
"Eh?"
"Despite that you said— 'I'll be your contracted spirit'."
Claire raised her face, and drops of tears overflowed from her pupils.
"Y-You..."
"That's enough, get out—"
*Don*— Claire thrust Kamito away.
"Hey, Claire..."
"Quickly get out! I-I hate people like you, I really hate you!"
A red hot fireball was released from Claire's palm.
"Owa!"
A showy explosion resounded, and a gaping wide hole was opened in the wall behind Kamito.
"He-Hey, wait, why are you that angry?"
"Shut up, idiot, get out——!"
This ti she began reciting a spirit magic of the strongest class, so Kamito got out in a fluster.
If Claire made a serious effort, she'd be quite capable of blowing this very dormitory away.
After running to the outside of the dormitory and taking refuge, Kamito sighed.
"Wh-What on earth was that..."
Why was Claire that angry?...It was incomprehensible.
(...Is she that displeased with joining the Knights?)
He looked up at the window of the room on the second floor, but— he didn't see Claire there.
Before long, the window's curtains were closed.
(...Ahh, if she's beco like this, she won't listen.)
Claire Rouge. She was a girl almost like a blazing fla.
(Well, however, that's the part that suits her best...)
Kamito took a deep sigh once again—
He left behind the Raven Class dormitory with heavy footsteps.
Part 5
After chasing Kamito out—
"I hate that guy, I hate that guy... I hate him so much!"
Claire fell onto the bed.
Pressing her soft pillow onto her cheeks, she tightly grabbed her sheets.
Scarlet turned up seemingly worried, but Claire drove her away without a word. She didn't want even her contracted spirit, who had been with her all this ti from when she was young, to see her crying face now.
"What... I look like a fool."
For several days, she had been practicing how to make chocolate all this ti.
(I-It's of course out of obligation. The chocolate that I'll give him out of obligation.)
The practicing had effect, as she had been gradually been able to make them well.
Although she had stopped making a large amount of cinders, it should be good enough for her to be praised.
On the actual day, tomorrow morning, she planned to give Kamito the chocolate that she made the most well-done.
"You did well."...She wanted to be praised.
(And yet, he...)
Claire groaned, and struck her pillow. *Posu posu*.
(...The al that Ellis made is certainly better than things like my chocolate.)
It was vexing. Her mind was jumbled up, and although she didn't understand what was vexing, it was vexing.
"...I'm such a detestable person."
She understood. She definitely had no ill feelings towards Kamito. Really, there was no doubt that he rely thought of being helpful to Ellis and decided to join the Knights.
He was that kind of person.
Even Claire did not particularly hate Ellis. Of course, they weren't on good terms, but she recognized that she was a proud elentalist.
However, it made her very angry for so reason.
(...Why?)
She understood the reason.
She had been thinking that she was the more special being to Kamito.
(After all, he had said that he would be my contracted spirit.)
Pressing softly on her lips with her fingertip, her cheeks quickly beca hot.
(Besides, w-we even... kissed.)
It beca a painful feeling like her chest was tightly constricted.
(...But, that's wrong.)
It did not an that only Claire was particularly special.
As long as there were girls being troubled, he would extend his hand to anyone, no matter who.
(It's because I'm that Calamity Queen's sister—)
He might just think that her circumstances were pitiful, and was just sympathizing with her.
Upon thinking that, Claire beca excessively lonely.
Kamito surely didn't understand why Claire was that angry.
Claire also didn't clearly understand why she got such feelings.
Her current feelings were almost like the smoldering fire of a hearth.
...These weren't Claire Rouge's flas.
At that ti, there was the sound of the room's door opening.
"Kamito!?"
Claire energetically lifted her face from her pillow, but—
The one, who was there, was Fianna with a puzzled expression.
It seed like she had returned from her shopping duty for dinner.
Claire covered her face with her pillow in a fluster. She didn't want her to see her tear-stained face.
Fianna took a look at Claire's current state— and seed to have guessed the situation sohow.
"Ehh, you quarreled with Kamito?"
"...Go away."
Keeping her face covered in the pillow, Claire said.
Fianna sighed, sat on the bed and placed her hand on Claire's head.
"I said leave alone, didn't I"
"You're really a kid. Vastly different from Rubia-sama."
"Either way, I'm different from nee-sama."
Claire retorted peevishly.
"Hey, Claire, why don't you be a little more honest?"
"I-I apologize that I'm not honest... After all, even my breasts are small."
"Huh? Nobody said anything about breast, you know?"
As Fianna softly brushed Claire's head like a kitten, she sighed.
"What do we do about dinner?"
Part 6
At that very mont— Ellis was rolling on her bed in agony.
"..., I-I was wearing such an embarrassing attire."
She spread the maid uniform she wore just now, and bashfully blushed. Even if it was for the sake of rewarding him for her debt of gratitude, this was, as expected, overkill, wasn't it?
"B-But..."
Ellis tightly grasped the maid uniform—
"Kamito said that it suited ... "
Recalling it, her cheeks reflexively relaxed.
Ellis opened her eyes as she was taken aback, and slapped her cheeks with both hands.
"I-I'm the Captain! If I'm not firm, I can't be an example to everyone!"
A knight of the Fahrengart family must never show her weaknesses.
Ellis Fahrengart had always done so.
However—
(I've shown it to him...)
She had never even shown that side of hers, which was frightened by insecurity, in front of the comrades she trusted.
Truthfully, she had no intention of inviting Kamito to the Knights— until that mont.
However, when she saw his back as he was about to leave, she subconsciously called out to him.
(...I wonder why? I also don't understand it well myself.)
In the beginning, she had been thinking that things like male elentalists were an enemy, who would disrupt the public morals of the academy.
Since when did she, so strangely, start caring about him?
When she thought about Kazehaya Kamito, her chest constricted and hurt for so reason.
Such a feeling was a first for Ellis, who was raised up as a knight.
Incidentally, she glanced at the top of the table.
A nicely wrapped-up chocolate was lying there.
Tomorrow was the Valentia Holy Festival.
The day to give chocolate to the opposite sex that held a place in one's mind—
(...I-It's a gift for enrolling into the Knights. Naturally, there's no other aning than that.)
Ellis groaned spontaneously.
If that was the case, she shouldn't be that tensed, but the throbbing in her chest wouldn't stop for so reason.
(...Wh-When would it be good to hand it over?)
After all, it was the first ti she was doing such a thing, so she didn't know what she should do.
"...H-He wouldn't think that I'm a strange girl, right?"
"—What's strange, Ellis?"
Suddenly, a voice like frozen cold air was heard.
"...!?"
Before she knew it, the room's door was opened—
And, over there— she was standing.
She had shiny blonde hair and cool-headed ice-blue pupils.
"Ah, esteed sister...!"
"What kind of cowardly face are you making? And yet you call yourself a knight of the Fahrengart family?"
She was the academy's strongest elentalist— Velsaria Eva Fahrengart.
References and Translation Notes
1. ↑ Nyotaimori (Japanese: 女体盛り, "female body presentation"), often referred to as "body sushi", is the practice of serving sashimi or sushi from the body of a woman
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